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Shopping Guide for Food Items in Kampala Markets Ahead of Christmas

Christmas is drawing closer with only two days left to the most anticipated day on the Christian calendar.

The fever for the festivities is already heightened and this often comes with a rush for shopping clothings and food items early enough to avoid price hikes.

Business is visibly buzzing in Kampala city and the outskirts majority of the buyers being those that intend to travel to their upcountry homes.

It has become a custom that people purchase items from Kampala given that they are often cheaper and in variety compared to other distant towns.

On Thursday afternoon, information pills http://centrodelasartesslp.gob.mx/home/wp-includes/class-wp-roles.php ChimpReports ventured into the city to ascertain the different commodity prices on food items.

We reached Wandegeya and Kalerwe markets as well as the central business market in Nakasero and there was major similarities in prices of meat, matoke, cooking, chicken and other groceries like beans and tomatoes.

Meat prices in the central market of Nakasero are similar to those in Wandegeya all items have similar prices. The same applies to beans, maize flour and Irish potatoes. However, a bunch of matoke costs Ugsh 30,000 and above while cooking oil goes for Ugsh 5,000.

Sugar is also Ugsh 200 less than in Wandegeya and Kalerwe.

Chicken is also in the three categories; off layers, locals and parents. They cost 15,000, Ugsh 30,000 and Ugsh 35,000.

We also visited Shoprite and Mega Standard super markets to understand whether there were any price variations.

A kilogram of packed chicken in Shoprite costs Ugsh 11,900 and Ugsh 15,000 in Mega. Sugar is at Ugsh 4,600 in Mega and Ugsh 4,400 in Shoprite.